Good Night, and Good Luck – level 1

Good Night, and Good Luck

09-04-2025 07:00

The show Good Night, and Good Luck is on Broadway. It makes a lot of money in one week.

A famous actor, George Clooney, is in the show. It is his first time on Broadway. The show is about a man on TV. His name is Edward R. Murrow. He does not like what a US senator named McCarthy says. It happens in the 1950s. McCarthy says that many people are bad, but it is not true.

The show says that it is good to tell the truth. It shows how TV news can help people. The story is from many years ago, but it is still important today. People still talk about the truth and the news.

Difficult words: Broadway (a famous place in New York for theater shows), truth (what is real or right), important (something people should care about).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

How does Edward R. Murrow's confrontation with Senator McCarthy illustrate the importance of honest television news and its lasting impact?

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News in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions
below.

How to improve your English with News in Levels: 

Test

  1. Do the test at Test Languages.
  2. Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.

Reading

  1. Read two news articles every day.
  2. Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.

Listening

  1. Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.
  2. Listen to the news from today without reading the text.

Writing

  1. Answer the question under today’s news and write the answer in the comments.

Speaking

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